RIP Harry
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17/08/2008
My dog Harry died this morning. He was nearly 17 and if he...
RIP Harry
When is a tax cut not a tax cut....?
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12/08/2008
You know when you hear something on the radio news and you don't quite believe you heard it so have to make sure you listen to the next bulletin in case you misheard it.I had one of those moments today listening to the radio 4 news this afternoon.Yvette Cooper MP, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury...
When is a tax cut not a tax cut....?
Castleford, empty houses and the RSS
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11/08/2008
What do these three things have in common?Well, we've just been...
Castleford, empty houses and the RSS
AFC Bournemouth - A question of fairness?
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07/08/2008
Rotherham football club will start the new season with a 17...
AFC Bournemouth - A question of fairness?
Labour's Bin Tax Scheme
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25/07/2008
ConservativeHome.com are reporting that no councils have signed up to Labour's proposed trials of the 'bin tax'.This would be exactly the kind of scheme that the 'chips in bins' were designed for. I've been opposing the use of this technology and the proposals for this kind of taxation since I was first...
Labour's Bin Tax Scheme
Lib Dem councillor defects to Conservatives
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24/07/2008
Lib Dem Councillor Ian James has defected to the Conservatives on...
Lib Dem councillor defects to Conservatives
Future 3000 in trouble
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23/07/2008
Apparently the Wednesday edition of the Daily Echo sold out. This is largely due to the fact that Richard Carr was on the front page of the paper here. There appears to be a good deal of schadenfreude around Bournemouth and Poole at this news.I don't share in it. I know from bitter experience how...
Future 3000 in trouble
Regional Spatial Strategy
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22/07/2008
The Regional Spatial Strategy announcment we were expeciting has been published this morning.I always thought the Government would be cynical in their timing. There's an article on ConservativeHome.com about Ministers 'clearing out the trash', in other words how the Government is getting rid of a number...
Regional Spatial Strategy
Annette becomes a grannie
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21/07/2008
I've heard on the grapevine that our MP, Annette Brooke, is due to become a grandmother for the first time this week.Congratulations to Annette, Mike and their family. I hope everything goes well.
Annette becomes a grannie
Susan Jefferies, the RSS and Me
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14/07/2008
Susan Jefferies is the Lib Dem County Councillor for Corfe Mullen and I appear to have upset her.Now, I've never actually met Susan. I have, of course, heard about her and most of what I have heard has been positive. She represents her community on both the Parish and County councils and she's been...
Susan Jefferies, the RSS and Me